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Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners discuss the act of selection as a central component in contemporary art making in this visual art lesson ideal for the high school or junior high classroom. Emphasis is placed on the artwork of Duchamp and contemporary artists.
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What Does Art Sound Like?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Help your charges investigate visual art by identifying sounds that are associated with the images. They view art galleries online and discuss which sounds would be present if the image was a real life situation. Additionally, they...
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African American Literature in Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare art and literature by examining a contemporary painting by Glenn Ligon and the essay by James Baldwin that inspired it. They write an essay about a personal experience that relates to the theme of being an "outsider."
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Mixed Media Ocean Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students design pictures of ocean environments. In this art lesson plan, students use mixed media art materials to develop a picture that depicts the ocean environment. They use paint, sand paper and various basic art materials.
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Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties

For Teachers 7th - 12th
While the lesson is lacking in procedure, it does provide a wealth of information on artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Information on his life, art, and inspirations can provide you with insights into creating learning activities that convey...
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Endangered Species Day Art

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Albrecht Durer created a highly textured stamp or print of a rhinoceros. To better understand which animals are near extinction, upper graders create similar prints of endangered animals they've researched. The six-day lesson plan...
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Cereal Box Project

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Challenge your class with this fun and engaging engineering design project. The goal, to create a brand new cereal complete with a list of ingredients, a name and logo, and a box to hold it in. Starting with a survey to determine the...
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Where We Fit In: The Judicial Branch

For Teachers 5th - 6th
An interesting resource addresses the role of youth in civic participation and community events. It also explains the role of the justice system in creating boundaries and how citizens play a part in the judicial process.  Pupils...
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Making Inferences (7)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Why did Carla shut the window? Why did Benny feed his puppy? Why did the train blow its whistle? Why did Mom's car have a flat tire? Young readers consider cause and effect relationships in order to draw inferences from four situations...
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Hands-On Ways to Engage Students during Youth Art Month

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Enjoy an artful departure from spring fever through creative art lessons.
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Picasso Minibook

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Display knowledge about Pablo Picasso and his works with a folder book. Learners cut out images, paste them into tiny petal books, and then attach those onto folder pages. In the additional space, pupils write about the words of art.
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Draw To The Music

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
One of the best ways to inspire your young artists to create art is to play some soothing music, give them some art supplies, and let their imaginations guide their hands. It's fun to see what happens if you play some energetic music as...
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Wisconsin: Draw and Write

For Students 1st - 4th
In this Wisconsin draw and write worksheet, students draw a picture related to the state and then write about the state on the lines provided.
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Drawing of Animal of Student's Choice

For Teachers Higher Ed
Adult students with developmental disabilities are the focus of this lesson. Students look through a variety of printed material to locate an animal to draw. They draw an animal with a background with either black pen or pencil. Student...
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Make Them the Same- Drawing Comparisons- Dog and Squirrel

For Students K - 1st
In this drawing worksheet, students examine the first picture in each box and draw the missing details in the second picture in each box. They compare the pictures of a dog in the first set, and the pictures of a squirrel in the second set.
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Silly Pictures- Read, Draw, Write

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this silly pictures worksheet, students read a silly phrase at the top of each drawing, draw a picture that represents the phrase, and write the phrase below the picture.
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Shapes: Art or Geometry

For Students 4th - 6th
Budding artists or mathematicians read about,and then draw, two very different shapes. Geometric and organic 2-D shapes are defined. Learners use the definitions to draw examples of each.
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Tennessee Draw and Write

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Tennessee worksheet, students draw a picture pertaining to the state of Tennessee. Students then write about what is shown in their picture.
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Redistricting: Drawing the Lines

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Difficult redistricting concepts are covered in a context that will make it understandable to your government scholars. They begin with a KWL on the term redistricting and then watch a video to answer some questions. They...
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Epic Poetry Unit

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
The Odyssey is the core text in this unit study of the hero's journey motif. Along the way, kids research Greek and Roman history, mythology, art, and epic poetry. The 104-page packet is perfect for homeschool or classroom situations and...
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The Basic Shapes of Everything

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore basic shapes in art. In this sketching lesson, students discover that art is created from basic shapes. Young scholars determine the basic shapes in a picture and recreate the image.
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Identify the Element of Line

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the element of "line." In this beginning art activity, students listen to the book Harold and the Purple Crayon, then describe the types of lines Harold drew. Students identify straight lines,  jagged lines, curvy...
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Incredible Art

1, 2, and 3-Point Perspective

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduce drawing students to perspective with a series of lesson that detail how to draft images in one-, two-, and three-point perspective. Each exercise includes step-by-step, illustrated directions and examples.
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Homophone Graphics

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create homophones in a group and share them with the class. In this language arts instructional activity, 5th graders draw a homophone set. Additionally, students create a sentence using the homophone.

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